colliding electron-beam storage ring

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• colliding-beam storage ring — ▪ device also called  collider   type of cyclic particle accelerator that stores and then accelerates two counterrotating beams of charged subatomic particles (subatomic particle) before bringing them into head on collision with each other.… …   Universalium

• particle accelerator — accelerator (def. 7). [1945 50] * * * Device that accelerates a beam of fast moving, electrically charged atoms (ions) or subatomic particles. Accelerators are used to study the structure of atomic nuclei (see atom) and the nature of subatomic… …   Universalium

• spectroscopy — spectroscopist /spek tros keuh pist/, n. /spek tros keuh pee, spek treuh skoh pee/, n. the science that deals with the use of the spectroscope and with spectrum analysis. [1865 70; SPECTRO + SCOPY] * * * Branch of analysis devoted to identifying… …   Universalium

• ISABELLE — Hadron colliders Caption=Aerial view of Brookhaven National Laboratory. The giant ring at the top of the picture identifies the tunnel and experimental hall for ISABELLE, later used for the RHIC, as land was being restored after its construction… …   Wikipedia

• subatomic particle — or elementary particle Any of various self contained units of matter or energy. Discovery of the electron in 1897 and of the atomic nucleus in 1911 established that the atom is actually a composite of a cloud of electrons surrounding a tiny but… …   Universalium

• DESY — ▪ laboratory, Hamburg, Germany byname of  Deutsches Elektronen synchrotron , English  German Electron Synchrotron        the largest centre for high energy particle physics (physics) research in Germany. DESY, founded in 1959, is located in… …   Universalium

• SLAC — ▪ laboratory, Menlo Park, California, United States acronym of  Stanford Linear Accelerator Center        U.S. national particle accelerator (particle accelerator) laboratory for research in high energy particle physics (physics) and synchrotron… …   Universalium

• CERN — European Laboratory for Particle Physics; formerly called European Organization for Nuclear Research: an international research organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. [ < F, for C(onseil) e(uropéen pour la) r(echerche) n(ucléaire)] * * * in… …   Universalium

• Björn Wiik — Infobox Scientist box width = name = Björn Wiik image size = caption = birth date = Birth date|1937|2|17|df=y birth place = Bruvik, Norway death date = Death date and age|1999|2|26|1937|2|17|df=y death place = Hamburg, Germany residence =… …   Wikipedia

• Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory — ▪ laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, United States also called  Fermilab         U.S. national particle accelerator (particle accelerator) laboratory and centre for particle physics (physics) research, located in Batavia, Illinois, about 43 km (27… …   Universalium

• W particle — Physics. either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W+, W [1970 75; appar. for weak] * * * Electrically charged subatomic particle that transmits the weak… …   Universalium